Presentation to the Black Bay Rate Payers Association concerning Waterpower Development on the Petawawa River. By Patrick Gillette BA, MES, MPA Petawawa Green Electricity Development Inc. a subsidiary of Xeneca Power Development Inc.

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Presentation to the Black Bay Rate Payers
Association concerning Waterpower Development on
the Petawawa River.By Patrick Gillette BA, MES,
MPAPetawawa Green Electricity Development Inc.
a subsidiary of Xeneca Power Development Inc.
Half-Mile Rapids
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Presentation

• Introductions Past Experience
• Projects on the Petawawa River
• Structure of Development
• Questions and Answers

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Introduction

• Why am I here today?
• I am here at the invitation of your Association.
• I am here because of media reports that have
  mistakenly represented the projects I am working
  on as being very advance they are not!
• I am here to start up to a 5 year public
  multi-staged process of public consultation.
• I am here to work with your Association and you!
• I want to begin by outlining what will not or
  cannot happen
• These projects cannot affect your property
  values.
• These projects cannot cause a net-negative
  environmental impact.
• Cannot harm fish or wildlife habitat or
  recreational uses of the river.

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Introduction

• Benefits of the Project
• Production of clean renewable electricity for
  the next 75 yearscan be rebuilt.
• Will Island this portion of the grid and help
  provide electricity to the region in time of
  emergency.distributed generation.
• Will produce substantial financial benefit to
  the Town of Petawawa helping them provide service
  and keep taxes low for the next 75 years.
• Up to 50,000 of regional job creation.
• Up to 50,000,000 in regional investment.
• Long-term job creation.

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Petawawa Green Electricity Development Inc.

• Petawawa Green Electricity Development Inc.
• Owned by Xeneca Power Development Inc.
• Principles are
• Patrick Gillette BA, MES, MPA and
• Uwe Roeper MSc, P.Eng.
• OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust)
• Dundee Realty Corporation
• Founders of Canadian Renewable Energy
  Corporation (CREC).

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Founders of Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation.

• Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC)
  founded in 2000.
• Built Misema GS (3 MW Greenfield Waterpower) in
  2003.
• Permitted two additional waterpower plants
  (Island Falls (Mattagami River) and, Sawer-Douro
  (Trent-Severn)) and, 300 MW windpower.
• Sold to Canadian Hydro Developer in 2005 by
  major shareholder ARC Financial Corporation.
• Formed Xeneca in 2007.

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Misema GS
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Xeneca Power Development Inc.

• Xeneca Power Development
• Formed in 2007 by founders of CREC.
• Owned by OPTrust and Dundee Realtymulti-million
  dollar investment with further commitments.
• Currently have 20 MW of ongoing project
  development.
• McGraw Falls, Thunder Bay, Ontario likely to
  start construction in 2009.
• Office located in Mississauga, Ontario.
• Patrick Gillette, President.
• Uwe Roeper, Chief Executive Officer

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Background

• Patrick Gillette, BA, MES, MPA
• President of Xeneca.
• 500 MW of Project Acquisition and Development
  Work.
• Extensive Regulatory, Financing and Government
  Relations background.
• Uwe Roeper, M.Sc. P.Eng.
• President Owner Ortech Power a 35 person
  Consulting Firm.
• Director of Xeneca.
• 400 million Energy Project Financing.
• 1000 MW of Project Development experience.

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Projects under DevelopmentMcGraw Falls Dam

• McGraw Falls Water Power
• McGraw Falls Dam.
• Isolated and acquired by Gillette Roeper.
• 2 MW Project.
• Awarded Applicant of Record in Fall 2006 first
  award of a Crown Dam.
• Permitting started.
• Water Management Started
• Construction in 2009.

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Larder Lake Dam

• Larder Lake Water Power
• Larder Lake Dam.
• Isolated and acquired by Xeneca
• 1 MW Peaking Project.
• Awarded Applicant of Record in Fall 2008 by MNR.
• Permitting starts in 2008.

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Summary of Petawawa River Projects and Timeline
of Events

• Projects
• Half Mile Rapids 3 MW and
• Big Eddy at CNR Bridge 3 MW - 8 MW (depending
  on water-flow and design).
• Status
• Permitting work has started.
• Process
• CEAA permitting and stakeholder consultation
  that combines provincial and federal processes.
• Stakeholder consultation with landowners,
  business, First Nation and other concerned
  members of the public.
• Water Management Plan overseen by the Ontario
  Ministry of Natural Resources.
• Constructionplan to be long-term owner and
  operators.

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Big Eddy Project
Half Mile Project
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Half Mile Rapids 1
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Half Mile Rapids
Flooding in Spring Flood Zone
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Big Eddy
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Big Eddy
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Overview

• Next Steps
• Sign-in sheet is at the back so we can contact
  you with information.
• Web-site is being setup to provide information
  to the public and post documents and findings
  this will be sent by e-mail.
• Contact sheet so you may go home and submit
  questions for us to answer.
• Regular reporting to your Association and
  discuss involvement.
• Open Houses for CEAA and Water Management Plan
  so stakeholders can comment.
• Submission after habitat and archeological
  studies and public consultation to the various
  agencies involved so as to acquire permits.
• Seek to begin moving to construction if we have
  addressed the concerns raised.

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Thank You

• Questions..